Green information systems & technologies - this generation and beyond: Introduction to the special issue

The introductory editorial of the special issue of Information Systems Frontiers deals with advancements in green information systems (IS) and technologies. The special issue establishes the environmental sustainability foundation in some of the papers by including a fundamental issues article by Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Green IS refers to improving the flow and management of information, while Green information technology (IT) refers more to the hardware and other infrastructure that can be better managed and designed from an environmental perspective. Evidence of this greening prominence has included calls for research and investigation on this topic in the top IS and IT journals and by major IS and IT professional societies. The introductory editorial provides an overview of some of the existing practical and theoretical concerns facing the use of IS to create green solution and the greening of IT.